Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29761, Samuel Dow, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Dow, Samuel
S-29761
CONTENTS

15.950  Massachusetts  Samuel Dow died of illness in the State of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant Artificer & Private commanded by Captain Bradish of the by Col. Phinney in the Massachusetts line for Quincy
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending  17 September 1842.  Med. from $144 & $100. Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of January  1852 and sent to L. M.  M. Drury, Canandaigua, Wm. Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }  Recorded by K. M. Mac Clerk Book H Vol. 2 Page 19

18 78 • Samuel Dow
Woburn.

U S District Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the County of Suffolk
On this second day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the District Court now sitting at Boston in and for said County, Samuel Dow a resident of Boston in said County, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Falmouth in the County of Cumberland & State of Massachusetts on the twentysec d day of April A. D. 1753, and that there is a record of his birth in Rec d of said Falmouth: that he was in the United States service from about the twentythird day of April A. D. 1775, to the last day of Dec r A. D. 1775 as a private in the Massachusetts State Troops: that he was residing at said Falmouth
when he entered the service; that he enlisted as a minute man in the fall of the year 1774, and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col Edmund Plinney in the company of Capt David Bradish in s d Plinney's Regiment. Lt Col March and Major Brown were of s d Regiment. Lt York and Lt Paul Ellis were of the same Company: that he marched from Falmouth to Kennebec, from thence back to Falmouth from thence to Cambridge thro New Hampshire and thro Haverhill: that he served at said Cambridge with the Provincial troops and Heath's Brigade (of the regular troops; and and there were at that time none but Provincial) Generals Washburn, Lee, Gates, Putnam, Ward Sullivan Colonels Grealon & Patterson regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Boston and left the service on said last day of December.
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the last day of January A. D. 1776, to the last day of March A. D. 1776 as a private in the Massachusetts State Troops: that he was residing at said Falmouth
when he entered the service; that he enlisted with Capt Paul Ellis on or about the last day of Jan y and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col. French in the company of s d Ellis in s d French's Regiment, and one of the lieutenants of s d company was called Dudley Cammet: that he marched from Falmouth to Cambridge, from thence to Winter Hill from thence to Dorchester, passing thro New Hampshire, Newburyport &c: that he served at said Cambridge & Dorchester with the above mentioned Provincial of the regular troops; and
the same regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge, and left the service on the said last day of March.
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the 22 d day of April A. D. 1776, to the 22 d day of Nov r A. D. 1776 in the Massachusetts State Troops: that he was residing at said Falmouth
when he entered the service; that he enlisted with Capt Benj t Hooper on the said 22 d of April and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col. Mitchell, and Major Daniel Slesy was of the same Regiment in the company of s d Hooper: that he marched from
from to from to
: that he served at said Falmouth with a number of other companies of the same Regiment but none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received a written discharge, and left the service on the said 22 d day of November,

ALSO : that he was in the United States service from
the 23 rd day of Novem r . A. D. 1776, to the 31 st day of Dec r . A. D. 1777 13 m 8 d as a private in the Massachusetts State Troops : that he was residing at said Falmouth
when he entered the service ; that he entered Capt Lowell Company as a substitute for one Amos Harris until January 1 st 1777 and then enlisted into some company and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Ebenezer Lowell, and S ts Lellan & S t . Battell were of the same Company
: that he marched from _____ to _____
, from _____ to _____ from _____ to _____
: that he served at said Falmouth
in the Forts with _____ none of the regular troops ; and
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge. and left the service on the said 31 st of December
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the 15 th day of Feby A. D. 1778, to the 15 th day of October A. D. 1782 as a blacksmith in the Corps of Artificers of the U. S. : that he was residing at Boston
when he entered the service ; that he enlisted with Stephen Frost and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col Thomas Chase and Col. Jabez Hatch
: that he marched from _____ to _____
, from _____ to _____ from _____ to _____
: that he served at said Boston none of the regular troops ; and
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge. and left the service on or about said 15 th of October

The general circumstances of his service so far as he recollects, were as follows: He assisted in building the Forts around Boston from Dorchester Heights to Winter Hill and was in the siege and bombardment of Boston. He assisted to build all the Forts about Falmouth part of which is now Portland. He was detached to transport three waggon loads of specie to Congress then sitting at York Pa. This money had been paid by the British Government for the support of Gen. Burgoyne's army while prisoners. He was also detached to transport flat-bottomed boats to Saugus for the troops to descend to Rhode Island. This was in August 1778. He drew arms, accoutrements and rations from the Continental Stores, and pay from the Continental money during the whole of his four years service in the corps of artificers. The dates of all the periods of his service are copied from a Journal where he entered them at the time, but which can now be produced. That he applied to be placed upon the Pension Roll under the act of 1818, and at the time of said application, which was his first and only one, he was residing at said Boston.
Total service in artillery 2 y. 7 m. 16 d. 64 y. 7 m. 16 d. Service in artillery 4 y. " " " " " "
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Sam. Dow
We Benjamin Russell Esq. a clergyman, residing in the City of Boston and Jacob Kuhn m c p n of the General Court residing in said Boston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Dow who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier _____ of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Benj. Russell Jacob Kuhn
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Benjamin Russell, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said city; and that Jacob Kuhn that both are who has also signed the same is a resident in the same city and a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. The opinion thus expressed is given at request of the Secretary of War in the regulations on the subject of pensions, under act of Jan. 7. 1831. B. D. Dill's B. Judge U.S. Mass. Dist.
I John W. Davis, Clerk of the Massachusetts District Court do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Dow for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
John W. Davis Clerk of the U.S. District Court for Mass. Dist.

Residence District of Boston  JS
I Sebastian Streeter, a clergyman residing in the city of Boston hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Dow who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration; that I believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution that I concur in that opinion & believe that he served as he states. U.S. District of Massachusetts JS Sebastian Streeter Sworn to & Subscribed this seventh day of June A D 1833. And I certify that Sebastian Streeter who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in said City of Boston and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Before me J. Davis Judge U.S. States Dist Court Massachusetts District J J

10/10/17 I Samuel Dow of Boston County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Blacksmith do testify and declare, that I served in the War of the Revolution at sundry times & places, as follows. —
That in the Fall of the year 1774 I enlisted as a Private Soldier in a Company of Minute Men, under the command of Cap. David Bradish at Falmouth Maine, (now called Portland) to be held in readiness to march at a moments warning. that upon hearing of the commencement of hostilities at Lexington, was immediately ordered to Head Quarters at Cambridge that when marched as far as Wells, we met an Express, and was ordered back, but still holds ourselves in readiness to march when called for. —
That in June 1775 we received orders, and joined the Army then at Cambridge, Mass. in Col. Edmund Phinney's regiment of Infantry, and remained in the service until the 31 st December following, when our times being out the Regiment was disbanded. —
That in January 1776 I enlisted as a Private Soldier in Cap. Paul Olin's Company at said Falmouth, and joined the Army at Cambridge, then under General Washington and was there attached to Col. French's regiment of Infantry, stationed at Dorchester, and remained in the service until April following our times having expired the regiment was disbanded.
That in April 1776 I enlisted as a Private Soldier, in Cap. Hooper's Company and Col. Mitchell's Regiment of Infantry at said Falmouth, raised by the State of Massachusetts for the defence of the Sea Coast, and remained in that service until the 31 st Decem r following when we were disbanded. —
Howe's Indp. Co. Maine No. 132

That in January 1777 I enlisted as a Private Soldier in Cap Abner Lowell's company of Artillery for one year then stationed at said Falmouth; and remained there until the 31 st December following when the company was disbanded.
That in February 1778 I enlisted as a Blacksmith in the Corps of Artificers at Boston, under the late Col. Thomas Chese, Deputy Quarter Master General for the Eastern Department - in the Continental service - and that in the following Summer, while attached to the artificers, I was drafted, with two others, to drive three Wagonloads of Specie on to Congress then at Yorktown Pennsylvania. I then immediately returned to Boston and remained in the Artificers department until October 1782, when the War being nearly at an end, and our services no longer required, we were discharged.
That during all this time I never received any bounty, nor had any depreciation of the Continental money made up to me - although it was often promised, both by Generals Heath and Gales. Sam l Dyer
Massachusetts District } Boston 1. April A.D. 1818 }
Sworn to before me J. Dyer Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

Samuel James Dorr
Massachusetts
No 60 60
Whip 2 years
11. 12. 14. 16. 06
Apr 27 1833
P. 358
D. L. Child Esq
Boston
Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Dow,  of Suffolk County - in the State of Massachusetts,  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 Years,  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     April 23 d In 1775 Enlisted " 8 7 Private Gen. Washington, Healy Brigade Col. Phoenix Regiment } Provincial Lieut. Col. Lusk } Troops Capt. Nichols Camp   June 21 - 1776 Enlisted " 2 " Private Col. French Regiment } Massachusetts Capt. Ellis Camp } State Troops   April 22 - 1776 Enlisted " 7 " Private Col. Mitchell, Major Hovey, Massachusetts Capt. Hooper } State Troops Capt. Alner Scammon } State Troops   November 23 d 1776 - " - " 1 8 Substitute for Amos Hovey Capt. Lovell Camp   June 1777 - " - 1 " " Private Col. Gage's Regiment   July 15 1778 - " - 4 " " Artificer Col. Thomas Chase's Regiment   6 6 15 blacksmith Continental Service  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Falmouth, Massachusetts,  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? One living witness in part for first four, documentary for 7 mos & 8 days, & traditional.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective on Separate Pieces of Paper. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Charles Little Examining Clerk.

State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk. s.s:
I, William B. Harding of Boston, in said County, guardian of Sarah Hobart, daughter of Samuel Dow, of said Boston, deceased, do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint, L. M. Drury of Canandaigua, State of New York, my true and lawful attorney, for me and on my behalf, to prosecute any claim I may have against the Government of the United States, by virtue of the services of the father of said Sarah Hobart. Samuel Dow, deceased, as an artificer in the war of the revolution. And the said L. M. Drury is hereby au- thorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim.
Witness my hand and seal, this 23 rd day of April 1851. W m B Harding
Sealed and signed in my presence.
John M. Dett J. Penn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Suffolk. ss.
J. Edw d Loring
Judge of Probate of said county do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the Probate Court of said County that Samuel Dow of said County deceased, late of the city of Boston in said county, was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum, that he died on the seventeenth day of September A.D. 1842 that he left no widow now living, and that he left two children and no more, viz t Samuel, and Dow, who since deceased - widow and Sarah Hobart, of full age, and now living, and that no administration has been granted on the estate of said Samuel Dow.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the same being sealed with the seal of the Probate Court this 5th April 1857 Edw d Loring Judge of Probate

Samuel Sow.
Map.
Act 7 th June 1832.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
The subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate, said County, Hereby Certifies, and Attests, that on the twenty first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, William B. Harding of Boston in said County, Newbank, was appointed guardian unto
Sarah Hobart
late of said Boston, Widow, an Insane Person ( deceased, testate ,) and became bound according to law for the faithful discharge of said trust, and that the proper bonds annexed is a true copy of the Letter of Guardianship, which was granted unto the said William B. Harding on his assuming said trust, as on reference to the records & files of said Court will fully appear.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court at Boston, aforesaid, this twenty first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
H. M. Willis
{ Register of the Court of Probate, Suffolk County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
BY THE HONORABLE
Edward G. Loring
Esquire,
Judge of the Probate of Wills, and for granting Letters of Administration for the County of Suffolk, in the Commonwealth aforesaid.
To
William B. Harding of Boston, in said County, Merchant
GREETING.
TRUSTING in your care and fidelity, I do by these presents, pursuant to the power and authority to me given, by the laws of said Commonwealth, appoint you to be guardian of
Sarah Hobart of said Boston, Widow, an Insane Person, incapable of taking care of herself
with full power and authority to demand, recover, receive, and take into your possession, all the real estate, goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said ward. You are required to make a true Inventory of all the real estate, and all the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said ward, that shall come to your possession or knowledge, and to return the same into the Probate Court, within three months from this date; to dispose of and manage all such estate and effects according to law, and for the best interest of the said ward, and faithfully to discharge your trust in relation thereto, and also in relation to the custody and maintenance of the said ward;
to render an account on oath of the property in your hands, including the proceeds of all real estate sold by you, and of the management and disposition of all such property within one year from this date, and at such other times as the said Judge of Probate shall direct; and at the expiration of your trust, to settle your accounts with the Judge of Probate, or with the said ward, or her legal representatives, and to pay over and deliver all the estate and effects, remaining in your hands, or due from you on such settlement, to the person or persons who shall be lawfully entitled thereto; and in all other matters and things, in relation to your said trust, faithfully to discharge your duty according to law.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court of Probate. Dated at Boston, the twenty first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Edward G. Loring Judge of Probate.
Countersigned,
H. M. Willis, Register.
Edward G. Loring, H. M. Willis, Reg.

Merchants Bank. Boston, 18 th April 1842.
Sir,
Your letter of the 15 th inst. is recd. In reply I have to inform you that James Dow a pensioner under the Act of 1832 at $144. per annum, had been paid up to the 4 th of September last.
I am, very resp y . Your ob t Serv t
Franklin Warren Pension Agent.
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D te .
Wiscasset, March 20 th 1842
Rev. Dr. Briggs D. D. P. O. Box 10
Algebra & Trigonometry

Brief in the case of Samuel Dow, dec d , late Suffolk County and State of Massachusetts act 7 June 1832
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Willow Reficéer — Sucrasa from p144 to p240, for annu
Name and residence of Agent
L. M. Dury Cambridge Ms
S. G. G. Examining Clerk.

May 12. 1842
Saw D r D r ow's Care
Rev. H. H. Hark Smith U.S.
2. 39m. 28s
Commissions of Subscribers
Hon. R. Choate
Senate U.S.
nothing for

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I beg to enclose you the within to request the form please the paper sent to me
I am very respectfully Your obed. Servt
R. Hook 12 May

Payments to be made at Boston Mass by the First National Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass
Issue a new certificate 2 yrs Matross 100- to commence from date of last pay
Sam l Dow Jr. Esq. Boston
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C Vol. 2
Page 17 by N. H. WILSON (Clerk)

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832,
Samuel Dow of the State of Massachusetts who was an Artificer in the army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive One hundred & forty four dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Tenth day of Aug t one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Leavitt
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, February 1 st 1842
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Dow is borne on a "Pay Roll of Sundry persons employ'd in the public Service by Jabez Hatch. Deputy Quarters Master for the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, from ye first day of December 1780, to the 28 th of February 1781 inclusive." Shewing three months Service as a Smith. His Name (Samuel Dow) also appears on a pay roll, and there Shewing Service from March 1 st to May 31 st 1781 inclusive. It further appears that the "Continental Smiths" under "Stephen Frost. Master Smith" continued in Service til' Feb y 28 th 1782, but there is no roll to shew their names. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John A. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Jan 24. 1842
Reminiscences
Miss. Edward Ely Comm: of Penins Washington.
H. C. Wheaton H. C. Wheaton
Copy to Mr. [?] for Chas. [?] H. C. [?] Dr. Mr. [?]
Also

Washington. D.C.
Jany 22 d . 1840.
The Comm ee . of Pens ns .
Sir,
I inclose a letter to which I beg to call your favorable attention.
You will be good eno ugh to inclose the answer to me.
Very respectfully,
Your Ob st Serv t .
Rob t C. Winthrop

Samuel How act 1832 Massachusetts at $144 pr. am. when last paid?
paid to 4 Sept 1841 - 1 st gr 42 not in JH
W. Addis
April 13, 1842

Boston June 10. 1833
Hon Secy of War
Sir, In the case of Samuel Dow, a discharge from Col Chase was sent by the subscriber to the Secy of War some time after said Dow's declaration was sent to said Secy because it was not found until after the last mentioned time. I do not find said discharge among the documents of said Dow's application. I supposed that it was proper to send it at the time I did so and that it would be filed with the other papers of the same Claimant. I also sent under like circumstances an affidavit, which is of less importance than the aforesaid discharge.
Respect Yr Obt Serv
D Seaborn
PS. The claimant wishes his journal to be returned to him.

Not to pensioners 3d act 1835 (to same Nov. 30 1841)
to Hon. R. C. Winthrop Jan 25 '42 Same Feby 14 1842 let to Hon. J. C. Spencer March 17 '42 enclosing copies of the above
Letter to Pension Agent April 15 1842
See Davis's Diary filed in Com. room
15.950 Massachusetts
Samuel Grew of Suffolk Co. in the State of Mass who was an Officer in the Company commanded by Captain John Natch of the Regt commanded by John Natch in the Mass line for 9 years
: Males - without refunding -
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Aug 1833 and sent to See Child Doston Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $288.00 Pension allowance ending 4th  March , 72.00 $360.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John G. D. D. D. Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 17

15950
Massachusetts
Samuel How
of Suffolk Co. in the State of Mass. who was a Major in the Infy. commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col. Waldo in the Massachusetts line for 8 years
Letter to Pension Agents May 11 th 1842
to Hon Rufus Choate May 17, 1842
Reduced from $100.00 per annum
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 100 Dollars  Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March 1834. Septem r Act in force which he was last paid
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1842 to Samuel How Esq. Boston Mass te
Arrears to the 4th of March 1842 $ 50.00 Pens on -ant. allowance ending Sept. 1 u , 50.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Mr. Addams Clerk, Book  Vol. 2 nd Page 16

29761 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29,761
Samuel Dow
Artificer Rev. Mar.
Act: June 7 th 82"
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 111
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Samuel Dow, dec d Increased to $240, commg 4 March 1831 & ending 17 Sept 1842, deducting former pay ts at $141 per annum to 4 th Sept 1841, then at $100 per annum payable to
Samuel Dow & Wm. J. Harding, Guardian of Sarah Hobart, surv g children
L. W. Drury Canandaigua NY

Mr. Davis' Journal which he kept during the Revolutionary war & which was carried evidence of his services has been returned to him agreeably to his request
AB
Nov. 24. Journal returned & filed with evidences of service in Com. tee room
Sam l Dow.
  5. Broddick - Phinney -  Roxbury  8mo -    Jany Paul Ellis - French  Cambridge vol 37-79-  3mo    ap l . Ben: Hooper - Mitchell  Falmouth 35:10-57  7c    Prof. Abner Lowell. —————  36. 95 1/2 u 117. m 300  13. 8  

Wash Claims for Newton Lewis Cash. Clerk of War Washington City to the care of C.A.H. Quincy. W.C.
Adams 2083 Quincy Mass

110 th Borton July 24 1833
Sir as both you and my self have long been the acquaintance of Samuel Daw the Blacksmith who has resided over fifty five years in Nassau Mr D  He has asked the Gov t for a Pension! after his Wappers had been in Sec y of War's office over nine months they were returned to him as perfect excepting the certificate of the Blenheim which was immediately added and the his Wappers again sent to the war office with a letter accompanying them from John K Simpson stating the first claims of Mr Daw since with terms he has

not heard from them ! Mr Daw Spent over Six years in Kewanee, Illinois Service ! he wishes you to call at the near office and examine his papers and  and which is Memoranda book which contains the name of Joshua Barry who served in the same Comp y with Mr Daw! Mr Daw is now over eighty years of age he thinks the time long in obtaining the Patrimony granted him by his legator , according to the course of nature but a few days will rise and set before he will be no more or must gain those Patents of the Kewanee who has gone before him your immediate attention! and answer this will revive the ancient feel- ings of your Old friend Mr D
A H Quincy Esq a - Friend

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
June 3. 1851.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Dow of Boston, is borne on a certificate of service in Council Files, in Capt Stephen Frost's Co. of Artificers, enlisted February 15. 1778. - dated Oct. 1780. 31 mos. wages £9 per month for the entire period. was still in same Co. (as appears by acct book) June 1781 at £9 per month
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Samuel Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Gen Sewall's Affid.

I Henry Sewall of Augusta in the county of Kennebec & State of Maine, late an officer in the Revolutionary Army, & in Colo. Phinney's regiment of the Massachusetts troops during the first 8 months service in 1775, & the year's service of 1776, of said army, now in the eightieth year of my age, do hereby certify, that Samuel Dow, was a soldier in Capt. Bradish's company, of which I was myself a member during the first 8 months service, in said Phinney's regiment; & that the said Dow served the whole of said term of eight months in said company & regiment. Richard Gooding was also a soldier in the same company during the eight months above mentioned. Bradish was captain, York lieutenant, & Ellis ensign of this company. I have no recollection of Hooper's or Lowell's companies. They might however have commanded companies of militia in the American service.
H. Sewall
Subscribed and sworn to, Sept r 4. 1832, the deponent being a credible witness, Before me,
Nathan Weston Jr Not. S.P.C.

I Stephen Goddard of Boston in the State of Massachusetts, Esquire of lawful age. Do testify & declare that Mr Samuel Dore now resident in Boston, is well recollected by me as having been a fellow Soldier with myself in a Company of Minute Men raised in Portland  Halifax the year 1774. under the Command of Capt David Bradish at after being drilled and disciplined during the ensuing winter, the in the following Spring say in the month of April 1775. on information being received that the British Army had gone from Boston to Lexington & Concord and that a Battle had been fought, the said Company were then ordered by the Committee of Safety, &c. to prepare to march without delay to Cambridge, and they accordingly did march on the next morning, and proceeded as far as Kennebec. When meeting an Express sent from the Head Quarters at Cambridge, bringing orders for all the Minute Men, coming from a Distance to return to their several homes, in order to be in readiness to repel any invasion which might be made on the seaboard. became that a sufficient number of men were already assembled at Cambridge & other places in the Vicinity of Boston: to defend that part of the Country — in this Company Mr Dore was, during the time aforesaid — after wards the said Dore marched with the said Bradish in the course of the Summer to Cambridge Camp, &

and I saw him in the camp myself doing his duty faithfully as a patriot soldier, in the Service of his country. — and I have good reason to be- lieve that he continued there until the month of December 1775 — I also testify that this said Dow, has been known by me from that time to this as a faithful honest & industrious man. and being now advanced in life, born and unable to work at his professional business, though a Blacksmith — I am fully convinced that no one has a higher claim to the gratitude & bounty of his Country than he has —
Stephen Codman
3
Suffolk ss. Boston August 20. 1832. Subscribed and sworn before me, & I certify that said Codman is a } D Lee Child credible witness }
Jus: Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office July 24 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
Samuel Dow served as a private in "Capt. Benjamin Hooper's Company, stationed at Falmouth in the service of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay," from April 22 to Aug. 31. 1776 — Also in "the Matross Company stationed at Falmouth," under command of Capt. Abner Lowell from Jan'y 1. to Mar. 31. 1777.
Edward D. Dangs. Sec'y of Com'tee

U.S. District of Massachusetts June 7 th A D 1833 —
I certify that it appears by a book in which certain Revolutionary payrolls of the United States are recorded, the same purporting to have been kept by Gabez Hatch Deputy quarter Master General for the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts & Rhode Island, and now produced here in Court; — that Samuel Dow served as a smith under said Hatch from the 26 th day of September A D 1780 to the 20 th day of February A D 1781. I further certify that Stephen Frost Master Smith in the same corps appears by the aforesaid record to have received wages for himself "and people" for periods other than that above specified, but that no entry of the names of said people for said periods appears.
W. Davis Judge District Court U.S. Massachusetts District

Boston 6 th May 1833
I the Subscriber do certify & say that I knew Mr J Dow in the year 1778 when he was at work in the Continental Works under Col D Chase - I J M G & have known him ever since I engaged in the same Service first of the year 1779 Work in the same Shop until the Summer of 1780 When the money depreciated so fast that I with one other Man requested to be Discharged & was Dismissed the Service Mr Dow remained in the Service till some time in the year of 1782 I do not recollect the Month Col J Hatch Was Appointed I J M G after I left the Service Mr Dow was Several years Older than I was & I Am near 76 - he told me when we were young Men, that he had been in the Army at Cambridge & In the Town he came from at the Eastward, he had been a Soldier in the Artillery Peter Mackintosh U.S. Dis. of Mass s Bf. Boston June 9 th 1833. Subscribed & sworn before me in open Court. And I certify that said Mackintosh is a credible witness and his statement entitled to credit. W. Davis. Judge Dist. Court. Mass s Dist.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency LEVI LINCOLN , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern :
Know Ye, That David S. Child Esq re is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Suffolk;
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this thirtieth day of January, A. D. 1833, and in the Fifty Seventh Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Boston April 5. 1842
Sir,
I find myself unable to satisfy you that the Pension granted to my Father, S. Dow, was for services which entitled him to it, and not on a misapprehended claim. He has heard of certain persons who have applied for a Pension similar to his - particularly a Col. McIntosh whose case my Father knows to be different, and he told him he would not succeed in obtaining the Pension. - Believing the investigation of those claims led to the decision you had come to in respect to his Pension, he requested me to write to you on the subject; and afterwards to Mr. Winthrop and to Mr. Choate. This indirect mode of communicating with your department was resorted to in order to present the matter in a form better entitled to your confidence. I am a stranger to you, and what I stated seemed to you as if it should be vouched by other names. In the last instance I obtained that of Chief Justice Shaw with whom I am well acquainted. All the circumstances and events of the Revolutionary War are now as clearly remembered by my

Gather as they were fifty years since. His strong representation respecting the nature of his services and the situation of the Army as to its appointments, induced me to continue the correspondence in the hope that you would consider his connection with the Army in a different light than if it had been organized as at the present day. He says there were no other corps of Artificers attached to the Army but such as that of which he was a member. — Blacksmiths were indispensable, and they were taken and engaged whenever they could be found, and sometimes from the ranks. In this capacity he was accoutred like a soldier, and was liable to be called out to such duty at a moment's warning. He worked on Sundays like other days; and it is obvious that he could not perform military duty nor be subject to its discipline and labor at the Anvil at the same time. All the artificers, he says, were deemed, in those days, to belong to the staff, and the Act granting Pensions was understood to include all of the Staff. The lawyer (D. W. Child) who prepared his claim told him that the Pension was obtained on that ground, and he presumed that General Cass was acquainted with the whole subject, being himself a Soldier. In quitting the Quartermaster's department, a balance of sixty dollars was found to

be due him, for which he received a Specie Note and before the year expired Continental paper had so depreciated that he accepted for his Note Fifteen dollars.
This correspondence has probably occasioned to you some inconvenience, but it could not well be avoided, and I trust you will look upon the person who is immediately interested in its result as claiming your indulgence from his age, and dependence on the Pension for support.
As requested I now enclose the Pension Certificate of my Father, believing that no injustice would be done to others, or the Government, if you should see fit to return it without reducing the pay.
The Cart. & m d pay have not been collected.
I am respectfully Yours at H s Sara Doro, Junior
J. G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington